Europe by the People:

Crowdsource Europe is asking people to write a new Constitution

Starting
today, people all over Europe can write their own constitution. The Crowdsource
Europe campaign built a platform on www.peoplesconstitution.eu where Europeans can collaborate to create a new, crowdsourced
constitution.

The
platform is launched from Amsterdam, but people all over Europe will be able to
use it. The organisers behind Crowdsource Europe say the goal is to create a
document that captures the shared values and collective ideas for the future of
Europe. This document might even be able to replace the ‘Lisbon Treaty’, a
constitution that was imposed on the people from above by European technocrats,
the campaign claims. ‘We want to show the European Parliament that people
can work together to shape a European future. We want politicians to look at
what we’re doing: interactive democracy works!’

Crowdsource
Europe hopes that Europeans everywhere will actively engage with the platform
to make this crowdsourcing campaign a success. The more people participate, the
more power the document will have. The entire platform is open source and
freely accessible. It was developed in Iceland, where people successfully
crowdsourced a constitution a few years back.

The
creators say they want to show the European Parliament that people can work
together to shape a European future. ‘The goal is to work together with people
from all over Europe to create a manifesto. We want politicians to look at what
we’re doing: interactive decision making works!’